Chapter 158 If you don't want to cooperate, then don't cooperate
[My dear, do you not want me anymore? ]
[Don’t abandon me——]
The moment the decision was made, the junior sister's voice, filled with tears, was heard.
The next moment, the whole scene changed.
In a festive red hall, the figure of his junior sister, magnified countless times, appeared, wearing a phoenix coronet and a bridal robe, staring at him quietly.
There were mocking faces floating everywhere around me.
Huge hydrangeas and red lotus flowers.
Also started attacking him.
Wang Laoju dodged the attack skillfully and quickly cleared the first tube of blood with explosive output.
At this time, the junior sister's low and gentle voice sounded.
【It’s just a dream... 】
[How I wish you could really take a rest in my arms...]
Scene change.
He came to the two huge palms that were spread out by the junior sister.
In the center of the screen was the face of the junior sister wearing a phoenix crown, gazing affectionately at the protagonist in her palm.
However, Wang Laoju and the audience's attention fell on the opposite side.
It turned out to be a figure that looked exactly like the protagonist, but was wearing a red wedding dress.
"Wow, this design is amazing!"
"It's actually a fight between two protagonists who made two different choices!"
"Do you want to destroy even the last hope with your own hands?"
"It's really murderous and heartbreaking."
Amidst everyone's discussion, the battle soon began.
But it ended quickly.
Wang Laoju, who collected a large number of top-grade holy objects and secret books along the way, defeated his opponent in just half a minute and cleared his blood volume.
[The dream...can't end like this! ]
The tragic music and the crying voice of the junior sister echoed in my ears.
Two lines of tears slowly slid down her cheeks.
Then the picture shattered into countless pieces like a mirror and disappeared into the endless darkness.
Also disappearing at the same time is the self who is unwilling to wake up and traps himself in the dream.
"This should be... over, right?"
Wang Laoju looked at the screen and let out a long sigh.
To others, it might not seem like a big deal, at most it was just defeating a boss.
But from the player's perspective, he was immersed in it unconsciously and put himself in the shoes of the protagonist.
Especially when he saw his junior sister crying, he couldn't bear to do it, and he killed the opponent with gritted teeth.
It's as if I had done something unforgivable.
Just as I was thinking about it, the screen lit up again.
He appeared in front of a gate with a ghost face carved on it, and the golden sword stood next to it.
[You are finally here. It seems that everyone has entrusted their power to you...Pull me up. I will use my last bit of strength to help you open the door of this endless cage...]
Following the sound, Wang Laoju came to the sword.
He looked at the sword and then at the gate.
If nothing goes wrong, by passing through this door, I should be able to break away from the dream and return to the real world.
To be honest, I'm still a little nervous.
After all, I have been playing for so many days to finally get to this point.
But no matter how emotional he felt, he finally pressed the button and pulled out the sword from the ground.
A moment.
The door burst open.
White snow fell in from outside the door, and red light shone through the crack in the door, illuminating the ground.
The protagonist finally succeeded in passing through the gate and returned to the real world.
But what caught my eye was a blood-red sky and snowflakes all over the sky.
The curse in the real world has not been lifted, but has completely fallen!
【Welcome back to reality, buddy. 】
【To be continued.】
After the narration, the game ends.
The entire live broadcast room fell silent for a moment.
But soon, a flood of comments emerged.
"Is it over?"
"Is that all?"
"Woc, the real world has also fallen!"
"And it's even more serious than in the dream!"
"It looks like the boss lady has succeeded, right?"
"This world is so miserable. It's probably on par with the Resident Evil."
"Junior sister, my junior sister..."
"Finish, sprinkle flowers!"
"All pass for souvenirs!"
It’s not easy. It’s really not easy.
It took me more than a week from the time I first started playing the game to the time I completed the main game and then the DLC.
This is the case when Lao Ju plays live for nearly ten hours every day.
It also made them deeply appreciate the charm of this game.
Some people who love traditional Chinese style like this game more than Resident Evil and downloaded it immediately after watching the live broadcast.
Even on major websites, various completion videos and DLC guides began to appear, filled with comments left by players.
[There is a knife, run! ]
[The designer is such a jerk, I want to kill him! ]
[Even heroes are tempted by beautiful women, but unfortunately I am not a hero. 】
[To be honest, I really hesitated about the last choice. 】
[The option of getting married is the true ending. (Confirmed)]
[Hahahaha… fake… all fake! … Don’t even think about fooling me!!]
Most of these players completed the game in the last two days, and their spirits have been greatly impacted.
There are even some people with strong empathy who have not yet been able to complete the game because they are too soft-hearted.
But even so.
It also does not affect their positive comments on this game.
Because in addition to the wonderful plot, its gameplay content is also extremely rich and has a lot of room for exploration.
Overall, it is a very good RPG game and is totally worth buying.
…
The other side.
Just as players are actively developing new strategies.
Chen Lin and his team finally completed the preparatory work for producing the online game and established a dedicated team.
"This team is mainly used to develop the online game market and operations. We don't have a market there right now, so we have 50 people for now and will make adjustments based on subsequent situations."
Lao Song, Lao Li and Chen Lin stood in the new team's office area, watching the employees busy coming and going.
Because it is a new team, some old employees were transferred over.
Finally, I got everything done within a week and started to try to make the game.
"As the scale expands, we are in urgent need of manpower. Let Xiaoli and Xiaowei hurry up and recruit more technical personnel in the field of online games. The remuneration can be appropriately relaxed." Chen Lin said after thinking for a while.
As the earliest veteran in the studio.
Xiaoli and Xiaowei were promoted to supervisors of administration and personnel some time ago, specifically responsible for the company's external affairs.
With their abilities, Chen Lin was naturally very relieved.
"What about the server? Mr. Chen, do you plan to rent it or buy it outright?" asked Lao Li.
"We don't have any big projects right now, so we still have enough funds. Of course, it would be best to have our own server. I have already asked someone to purchase the equipment."
Things like servers are still very important for online games.
No matter how good a game is, if the server is crappy and it frequently drops connections, freezes, and drops frames, it won't take long for all the players to leave.
When "Dungeon & Fighter" was first launched.
It is because Penguin's server is so bad and often disconnects that it is called "Disconnect City and Warriors".
It was also thanks to the Penguin executives who came to their senses.
Seeing that this game became a huge hit, they immediately increased their financial investment and upgraded the server several times before they finally retained the player base.
Since Chen Lin is an experienced person, he will naturally not repeat the same mistake.
There is also the issue of security. We must eliminate cheats, otherwise it will affect the experience of other players.
Fortunately, the two rewards given to him by the system were in this regard.
Otherwise, the investment of these two kinds of funds and manpower alone would probably be enough to overwhelm the entire studio.
"By the way, how are you contacting Lao Song about the chat app?"
Chen Lin changed the subject and talked about another important matter.
This plays a vital role in whether they can successfully develop the online game market.
"It's going relatively smoothly." Lao Song replied, "It's just that their asking price is too high. We need to have a few more talks."
"The price is too high?" Chen Lin frowned slightly.
"Well, they just took advantage of our lack of online gaming experience and asked for exorbitant amounts, the lowest being twice what we expected."
"Twice? Isn't this just plain robbery?"
When Old Li heard this, he got angry and his eyes widened.
He didn't know what the negotiation scene was like, but he could imagine the look on the other side's face as if they had decided to defeat them.
"So you are still too green when it comes to doing business."
Lao Song said helplessly: "They have what we want and they offer a high price. This is called supply and demand. If we have something they urgently need, I will also offer two, three or even five times the price. It just depends on which side is more urgent."
"What should we do? Without the popularity brought by those popular chat apps, our game would be doomed to fail."
Although that game is indeed... a little off.
But if the local popularity of the online game market is supported, it can at least bring in some traffic and avoid a sudden demise as soon as it goes online.
But the other party also seized on this point and the lion opened his mouth wide.
If you agree, the investment cost will definitely increase greatly, and it will be difficult to get your money back then.
Old Song obviously knew this, and couldn't help but look at Chen Lin: "Do you want me to talk a few more times?"
"No need. You've made so many trips during this period of time. If you don't agree, forget it. We, the people of Honghuang, won't bow down to them!"
Chen Lin's face darkened and his expression became serious.
He is looking for a partner, not a profiteer who only wants to cheat people out of money. Since they don't want to cooperate, then there's no need to cooperate.
Anyway, he doesn't really need that traffic.
"Mr. Chen is right. We are no longer the small studio we used to be. We can't do whatever we want. We need to have our own temper."
Old Li grinned.
He likes his boss's temper.
Even Old Song was stunned by Chen Lin's domineering words.
Thinking back on the time I had to fly back and forth to various companies and be so humble, I felt a sense of rage in my heart.
Finally, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay! If they don't want to cooperate, then don't cooperate. It's like we're asking them to do something. Other big companies have their own accounts, so we can just get one too!"
Generally speaking.
Only those small companies with little strength would think of taking advantage of the traffic of chat software and hope to make a comeback with it.
You can look at the entire gaming industry.
Which well-known company doesn’t have its own official account?
They don't need to take advantage of this kind of traffic at all.
Because most players know them, it doesn’t matter what account you use to log in. It’s just a casual registration.
Whether the game is fun or not is the important factor that determines whether players stay or leave!
You can create your own account, or just create an information database.
“Ding Di——”
Just at this moment, a phone call came in.
Old Song picked up the phone and his brows frowned instantly.
"Who?" Chen Lin asked.
"One of those chat software companies, do you want to answer it?"
"Answer it and explain the situation clearly." Chen Lin said after thinking for a while.
The chat software market in this world is somewhat different from that in his previous life. It is also a type where a hundred flowers bloom .
There are four companies at the top.
We are still in a critical period of competing for market share.
Therefore, for the time being, there is no situation where Penguin dominates the market by relying on its user base.
But at the same time.
It also led to a situation where large factories were rampant.
It is still very difficult for small companies and individuals to make a breakthrough.
"Then...I will reply to them as I just said."
After getting support, Lao Song didn't say anything more and answered the call directly.
"Director Song, regarding the contract we discussed last time, what do you think of your studio? We have already offered a very low price."
A haughty voice came from the phone.
They seemed to have concluded that Honghuang could not negotiate a lower price, and there was undisguised confidence in their words.
Old Song's face darkened slightly, and he said, "I'm sorry, the price you offered is still too high. After discussion, we at Honghuang have decided to reject this contract."
"reject?"
The other party obviously didn't expect to get this kind of answer, and his voice suddenly rose a few degrees: "You know how many game manufacturers want to cooperate with us but don't have the opportunity. We agreed to this cooperation only because of your studio's strength in the stand-alone field."
"Yes, just as you said, we at Honghuang are very strong in the field of stand-alone games. We are not just a bunch of random people. If your company wants to cooperate, please show your sincerity!"
Snap——
Old Song hung up the phone casually, his eyes sharper than before.
It is also this moment.
He regained the aura he once had as a boss, and became a completely different person.
"So handsome, Boss Song!"
Old Li gave a heartfelt exclamation of praise.
"What's so handsome about him? I'm just feeling a little depressed these days." Old Song smiled bitterly, feeling relieved both physically and mentally.
Is this what being tough feels like?
It turned out that his previous style of doing things was too conservative.
"Let's go. There's no need to let such a small matter affect our mood. We still have a lot of things to do next."
Chen Lin smiled, turned around and left.
Old Song looked at him with gratitude, said nothing more, and continued to work on other things.
